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Thursday, December 18th, 2025 Today, Jack Smith testified behind closed doors before the House Judiciary Committee; House Republicans jam through their stupid health care plan without extending ACA subsidies, but Hakeem Jeffries got 218 members to sign a discharge petition for a clean 3 year extension of subsidies; Dan Bongino is gonna quit the FBI on the same day the Epstein Files are due; the Coast Guard goes back to designating nooses and swastikas as divisive rather than symbols of hate; a judge has blocked Trump’s limits on lawmakers access to inspect ICE facilities; measles outbreaks worsen in multiple states; the Department of Veterans Affairs plans to abruptly fire tens of thousands of health care jobs; Warner Bros. plans to reject the Paramount bid backed by Saudi money; an appeals court clears the way for Trump to keep National Guard troops on the streets in DC; DHS fast tracked a one billion dollar contract to a Trump donor; the Senate passes the National Defense Authorization Act that pushes Kegseth to release the boat strike video; Ghislaine Maxwell files a habeas petition challenging her incarceration; and Allison delivers and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 18 December 2025

Wednesday, December 17th, 2025 Today, Pete Hegseth refuses to release the full video of the double tap boat strike in the Caribbean; Mike Johnson refuses to hold a vote on extending the Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration says the White House East Wing destruction is a matter of national security; enforcement of Texas’ bathroom bill draws challenges; Trump sues the BBC for $10B over edited January 6th insurrection speech; Kushner abandons his plan to build a hotel in Serbia amid backlash; Denver rejects the Key Lime Air airport lease because of ICE flights; election thief Tina Peters’ lawyer demands Colorado honor Trump’s pardon; Pulitzer Board members hit Trump with discovery in his lawsuit; Vanity Fair publishes a two-part expose on Trump Chief of Staff Susie Wiles; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 17 December 2025

Tuesday, December 16th, 2025 Today, prolific actor, writer director and producer Rob Reiner and his incredible wife Michelle were found murdered in their home in Brentwood California; authorities are releasing the suspect they had in custody for the shooting at Brown University in Rhode Island; a national preservation group is suing to stop Trump’s construction of the now demolished East Wing of the White House; a jet blue plane avoided a near mid air collision with a military plane near Venezuela; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 16 December 2025

Monday, December 15th, 2025 Today, a mass shooting at Brown University leaves multiple dead and wounded; another 15 people were killed at Bondi Beach in Sidney Australia in a mass shooting; TSA is providing air passenger data to ICE; a gun toting Border Patrol thug is exposed as a racist online troll; the House Oversight committee has released a new batch of photos from the Epstein Estate; Trump allies pressured Romania into lifting travel restrictions on the Tate brothers; the deeply personal reasons Indiana Republicans pushed back against Trump; Colorado rejects the President’s pardon of election thief Tina Peters; Marjorie Taylor Greene is trying to oust Mike Johnson as Speaker; Republicans in the House defy Trump and vote with Democrats to restore bargaining rights for federal workers; Abrego Garcia remains a free man after the Trump administration tried to issue a retroactive deportation order; Trump judges have once again blocked Judge Boasberg’s contempt proceedings; a judge orders Dan Richman’s emails at the core of the Comey case be returned to him; House Democrats will ask for the release of Volume II of Jack Smith’s final report; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

This week, corporate media is ignoring DOJ’s reasons for refusing to release Epstein material, Trump’s prosecutors continue to flounder, and Trump is underwater on all fronts as democrats continue to win elections.

Transcribed - Published: 15 December 2025

Wednesday, December 11th, 2024 New York Attorney General Tish James says she’s not going to drop the $450M civil fraud case against Trump just because he was elected President; Mike Flynn’s long running lawsuit against the government for the Russia investigation has been dismissed; The Supreme Court has refused to lift the gag order against Donald Trump; the Manhattan DA has filed his brief opposing Trump’s motion to dismiss the 34 felony counts against him; Trump’s Department of Justice secretly spied on members of Congress and journalists according to an inspector general report; Mitch McConnell fell after a GOP Senate lunch and is receiving medical care; more than 4 million people will share $1.8B in refunds from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 14 December 2025

Friday, December 15th, 2023 A New York court has denied Trump’s appeal of his gag order, and then denied his request to appeal to the highest court; the jury has the Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss defamation case against Rudy Giuliani; Jim Comer has a shell company; Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is leaving the Justice Department; the European Union opens accession talks with Ukraine; The Supreme Court leaves the Illinois assault weapons ban in place; a judge rules that Elon Musk must sit for a deposition again in the SEC’s investigation into Twitter. Plus Allison delivers your good news. Dana is out and about.

Transcribed - Published: 13 December 2025

Friday, December 12th, 2025 Today, a federal judge has ordered the immediate release of Kilmer Abrego from ICE custody; the DOJ has failed for a THIRD time to indict NYAG Letitia James; the Indiana Senate has rejected the gerrymandered map that Trump pressured them to pass; the US Senate failed to pass bills extending ACA subsidies; more details have been released about the double tap boat strike that murdered two survivors; after getting the fake FIFA Peace Prize - Trump’s Justice Department has dropped the federal corruption charges involving FIFA; Kristi Noem ran away after scrutiny during a House Homeland Security hearing; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 12 December 2025

Thursday, December 11th, 2025 Today, the Pentagon considered sending boat strike survivors to CECOT to hide from US courts; Judge Breyer blocks Trump from deploying the California National Guard; Miami elects its first woman mayor and the first Democrat since the 90s; Democrats flip a Georgia state house seat Republicans won by 22 points last time; the DOJ responded to my Epstein files lawsuit arguing that there’s not any public interest in the Epstein case; the US plans to scrutinize visitors’ social media; Kushner and the Saudis are backing a hostile takeover of Warner Brothers for Paramount Skydance; Federal prosecutors in Chicago say a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer committed multiple “gunpoint sexual assaults”; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 11 December 2025

Wednesday, December 10th, 2025 Today, Trump plans a $12B bailout for farmers after the fallout from his failed trade war; the DC Circuit Court of Appeals sides with Kegseth on the transgender military ban; detainees at the Everglades concentration camp were tortured according to a new report from Amnesty International; Hondurans issue an arrest warrant for their drug trafficking ex-president that Trump pardoned; Congress is going to withhold Kegseth’s travel budget until he releases the full September 2nd video; criminal contempt proceedings are underway in Boasberg’s courtroom after he orders both Erez Reuveni and Drew Ensign to testify; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 10 December 2025

Tuesday, December 9th, 2025 Today, Alina Habba has surrendered from her position as the interim US Attorney in New Jersey; rumor has it that Donald will fire Kristi Noem this January and replace her with Glenn Youngkin; the boat at the center of the double tap strike was not headed to the United States; Hegseth told Admiral Bradly the passengers were on a kill list; Marjorie Taylor Greene told 60 Minutes that Republicans privately hate Trump but refuses to name names; Donald blasts Congressman Henry Cuellar for not switching parties after he pardoned him; the Supreme Court heard arguments on the President’s authority to fire people from multi-member boards like the MSPB and NLRB; a federal judge has blocked the government’s access to the Comey emails at the core of their now dismissed indictment; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 9 December 2025

Monday, December 8th, 2025 Today, Brian Cole confessed to planting the pipe bombs the night before the insurrection and is a MAGA election denier; the developer of the ICE Block app is suing officials from DHS ICE DOJ and the White House; the DOJ is considering taking a third swipe at getting a grand jury to indict NYAG Letitia James; the Government Accountability Office is investigating Bill Pulte - the guy who made all the mortgage fraud referrals to DOJ; the Indiana House advances it’s 9-0 map to the Senate; the DOJ has already started stonewalling judge Boasberg in his contempt proceedings against against government officials; Rep Adelita Grijalva was pepper sprayed by ICE after identifying herself as a Congresswoman; Kash Patel ordered a tactical SWAT guy to give his girlfriend’s drunk pal a ride home; an internal BOP memo halts rape protections for trans inmates; the Department of Health and Human Services deadnamed an official on her portrait; a judge has ordered the unsealing of Epstein grand jury materials; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 8 December 2025

Allison reveals a critical gap of time the FBI left out of the pipe bomber affidavit, plus 8 other things the administration covered up this past week.

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2025

Tuesday, December 3rd, 2024 In the hot notes, Proud Boy and convicted seditionist Enrique Tarrio could testify at an upcoming trial; President Biden and his son Hunter issue statements after the pardon; Dinesh D’Souza has issued a public apology for his movie 2000 Mules; The New Yorker has acquired a whistleblower report about Trump SecDef nominee Pete Hegseth, Senators Warren and Blumenthal ask President Biden to prohibit the mobilization of the military against American citizens; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 7 December 2025

Friday, December 9th, 2022 In the Hot Notes: the DoJ asks Judge Beryl Howell to hold the Trump team in contempt of court in the documents case; Brittney Griner is on her way home from a Russian penal colony; Donald will not appeal the 11th Circuit Special Master ruling to SCOTUS; the same-sex marriage bill has passed the House and on it’s way to President Biden’s desk for signature; Congressional Democrats have launched a probe into the Qatari bail out of Jared’s 666 5th avenue building; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good

Transcribed - Published: 6 December 2025

Friday, December 5th, 2025 Today, a federal grand jury in the EDVA has refused to re-indict NYAG Letitia James; members of Congress viewed the entire video of the September 2nd boat strike and many are calling for Hegseth’s resignation; admiral Halsey didn’t resign - Hegseth pushed him out after he took issue with the operations in the Caribbean; the inspector general report on Signalgate has been released and it’s as bad as we thought; a suspect has been arrested in the January 6th pipe bomb case; the Supreme Court is allowing Texas to keep its new gerrymandered map for the 2026 midterms; there was a hearing today to disqualify Sarcone as the US Attorney in the Northern District of New York; still no re-indictment against Letitia James and i’m wondering if the grand jury returned a no bill; and Allison and Dana deliver and your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 5 December 2025

Thursday, December 4th, 2025 Today, the Pentagon knew there were survivors of the September 2nd boat strike; Ghislaine Maxwell is going to file a habeas petition challenging her incarceration and she' s worried the release of the Epstein Files will be damaging to her cause; Nancy Mace is considering following Marjorie Taylor Greene’s lead and resigning before the end of her term in the House; the Department of Defense Inspector General found that Hegseth’s Signal chat put troops in harm's way; Democrats swung 13 points with every county moving left in the special election for Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District; the government is inviting employees to voluntarily disclose their disabilities; the House Judiciary Republicans have refused Jack Smith’s demand for public testimony and have issued a subpoena to hold questioning behind closed doors; Judge Beryl Howell has barred the Trump administration from making warrantless arrests of immigrants in DC unless they’re deemed a flight risk; the Speaker of the Virginia State House said the legislature is considering a 10D 1R congressional map; and Allison delivers and your Good News. Dana is out and about.

Transcribed - Published: 4 December 2025

Wednesday, December 3rd, 2025 Today, Hegseth moves the goalposts again saying they couldn’t see the two survivors they blew out of the water with a second strike; at least 11 Indiana Republicans were met with threats after refusing to redistrict; the Trump administration has fired 8 immigration judges in New York; Costco is suing Trump for tariff refunds ahead of the Supreme Court ruling; Republican Darrell Issa is thinking about moving to Texas after being drawn out of his California district; Trump promised a crime crackdown in San Francisco but he’s doing the opposite; the DOJ is about to do something really stupid so get your popcorn; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 3 December 2025

Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 Today, it’s election day in Tennessee’s 7th Congressional District; Democrats have launched an investigation into Kash Patel’s travel; after denying the second boat strike on September 2nd killing two survivors - the White House now admits it; the White House has also released some fake MRI results for Donald; the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals has upheld the disqualification of Alina Habba; Trump issues two pardons - one to a drug lord and another to a fraudster; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 2 December 2025

Monday, December 1st, 2025 Today, sources say Pete Hegseth ordered the murder of two survivors in the first Caribbean boat strike; the House and Senate are opening rigorous oversight investigations into the Pentagon after that reporting; the man who shot two Guard members in DC was a CIA Zero Unit paramilitary member and was granted asylum by the Trump administration; a judge seeks to preemptively shield Epstein survivors names; a growing website chronicles DOJ employees resignation letters; Trump says he’s canceling all of President Biden’s orders signed with autopen; Northwestern University bent the knee and paid Trump to restore their grants; Trump’s approval rating took another hit; the president issued a racist rant on Thanksgiving; and Allison and Dana read your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 1 December 2025

New FBI emails confirm Allison’s reporting about the Epstein Files, more embarrassing failures at the Department of Justice, and a personal announcement in response to Trump’s Thanksgiving post. Click here for the video on YouTube

Transcribed - Published: 30 November 2025

Wednesday, November 29th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: Hunter Biden agrees to appear before the House Oversight Committee but only publicly; the conservative Ohio Supreme Court dismisses challenges to the Republican gerrymandered maps; the Trump appointed judge assigned to Elon Musk’s lawsuit has recused himself from the case; Mike Pence told special counsel some harrowing details about January 6th; Senate Democrats meet with the IDF on Capitol Hill; another resolution to expel George Santos is brought to the House floor; plus Allison delivers your good news. Dana is out and about. Our Guest Glenn Kirschner

Transcribed - Published: 30 November 2025

Friday, December 2nd, 2022 In the Hot Notes; the 11th circuit has vacated Judge Cannon’s ruling appointing a special master in the Mar-a-Lago documents case; Joel Greenberg is sentenced to 11 years in prison; Cochise County Arizona is ordered to certify their results as a judge orders Kari Lake’s lawyers to pay rule 11 sanctions fines; a federal judge has ordered the Pats to provide additional testimony to a federal grand jury; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 29 November 2025

Friday, November 28th, 2025 Today, we have a very special Daily Beans for you. My mom found a joint in my math textbook, and we're going to have to talk about the consequences. No, I'm just kidding. It's Fugelsang Fridays here on the Daily Beans. So of course we're going to talk to John Fugelsang. After that, I'm going to interview a progressive Democratic candidate running for Nancy Pelosi's seat. His name is Saikat Chakrabarti.

Transcribed - Published: 28 November 2025

Thursday, November 27th, 2025 Today, Trump wants to put 500 more National Guard members on the streets of DC after two guardsmen - who shouldn't have been there - were shot; how an innocent woman was tied to the January 6th pipe bombs; Special Envoy to Ukraine Steve Witkoff coached the Kremlin on how to pitch the Ukraine surrender plan to Trump; the DOJ has thrown Kristi Noem under the bus for disobeying the court order to turn the planes around that were bound for El Salvador; an immigrant related to Karoline Leavitt has been detained by ICE; the Fulton County RICO case against Trump and his allies for attempting to overturn the 2020 election has been dismissed; Eric Swalwell draws Judge Boasberg for his lawsuit against Bill Pulte; the 11th Circuit denies Trump’s attempt to fight his million dollar sanctions bill for filing his frivolous lawsuit against 41 people including Hillary Clinton; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 27 November 2025

Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 Today, Trump is weighing replacing FBI Director Kash Patel; Democratic Senators have filed a Freedom of Information Act request in the Tom Homan $50K in a Cava bag incident; the White House is hedging on Trump’s curious claim about talking to Bolsonaro the night he tampered with his ankle monitor; the FBI is interviewing the six members of Congress who deigned to tell Trump not to break the law; as Trump postpones revealing ideas about concepts of a health care plan - he is about to gut US environmental policy; the man who attempted to assassinate Donald Trump has invited the President to his sentencing hearing; Eric Swalwell is suing Bill Pulte for unlawfully obtaining his mortgage documents; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 26 November 2025

Tuesday, November 25th, 2025 Today, the indictments against Letitia James and Jim Comey have been dismissed after a judge ruled Lindsey Halligan was unlawfully appointed; a Turning Point USA and former Republican State Representative in Arizona has pled guilty to attempted election fraud; corporate media is finally acknowledging that the Republicans have a Nazi problem; multiple judges rebuke the government’s methods of defending invasive trans health care subpoenas; DOGE is disbanding 8 months before its charter expires; Twitter's new location transparency feature reveals popular MAGA accounts are actually foreign; Pete Kegseth is threatening to recall Mark Kelly to active duty to court-martial him; multiple Republican House members are thinking about resigning after MTG announced she’s stepping down; the former DOJ lawyer that was caught on hidden camera telling his date that Republican names would be redacted from the Epstein files is suing the government for wrongful termination; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 25 November 2025

Monday, November 24th, 2025 Today, Ghislaine Maxwell refuses to appear before Congress despite being totally agreeable to sit down with Todd Blanche earlier this year; Marjorie Taylor Greene is resigning from Congress a year before her term expires; the Coast Guard has reclassified nooses and swastikas as hate symbols after backlash; the FBI spied on a Signal group chat of immigration activists; RFK Jr instructed the CDC to change vaccine and autism language; the Supreme Court temporarily halts tossing out the racially gerrymandered Texas map; a judge blocks the IRS from sharing immigration data with DHS; Democrats seek police action after Trump threatens to hang them; Democrats have swept school board elections nationwide; Mamdani owns Trump during their Friday Oval Office meeting; Doug Jones will run for governor against Tommy Tuberville in Alabama; Rubio lied to Congress about Trump’s new Ukraine peace plan; and Allison Delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 24 November 2025

Today, Allison covers the government’s provable lies in multiple cases including Comey, Kilmer Abrego, deployment of the national guard, CBP use of force, and more. Plus the collapse of MAGA with the Epstein Files vote, the resignation of MTG, and the White House meeting with Mamdani. Check out the video on Meidas Touch

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2025

The House Ethics Committee votes to block the release of the Gaetz report but they’ve agreed to keep working and will meet again in December; Texas is offering Trump thousands of acres of land for concentration camps; Speaker Johnson restricts use of Capitol bathrooms by transgender people; Biden locks in $6.6B for TSMC chip factories, ensuring Trump can’t rescind the CHIPS Act deal; a Trump appointed federal judge criticized pardons for January 6th; Ruby Freeman and Shaye Moss tell a judge that Rudy should be held in contempt of court; Senate Judiciary Democrats ask the FBI for the Gaetz evidentiary file; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2025

Monday, November 21st, 2022 In the Hot Notes; Attorney General Merrick Garland has appointed Jack Smith special counsel to investigate Donald Trump; a shooting at an LGBTQ+ club in Colorado Springs with an assault weapon leaves five dead and 18 injured; a GOP operative is convicted of funneling money to Donald Trump; a Florida judge blocks Desantis anti woke law for colleges; and evidence shows Justice Alito leaked the Hobby Lobby decision before it was released; plus Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 23 November 2025

Friday, November 21st, 2025 Today, Donald Trump calls for the execution of members of Congress who served in the military after a public service announcement to the military; the government’s case against Kilmar Abrego Garcia could be falling apart after an evidentiary hearing; details about an investigation into the finances of Jeffrey Epstein expose JP Morgan Chase; the retailer Target may have hit rock bottom; the House unanimously passes a bill to strip the Senate phone investigations provision from the funding bill; the DOJ drops charges against a woman they claim assaulted a federal agent; Republican Dan Crenshaw has been hit with an international travel ban after a drinking incident; the 7th Circuit Court of Appeals has blocked the release of detainees from the Broadview ICE facility pending a December hearing; a federal judge rules the deployment of the National Guard to DC was illegal; today is transgender day of remembrance; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 21 November 2025

Thursday, November 20th, 2025 Today, Pam Bondi says the DOJ will release the files but only certain ones; prosecutors in the Comey case admit in court that the grand jury didn’t vote on the indictment; Trump says he’s going to start dismantling the Department of Education; a federal judge denies to block the release of hundreds of detainees at the Broadview ICE facility in Chicago; a new Marist poll shows voters favor Democrats by double digits; Larry Summers is stepping down from an AI board after the latest Epstein file dump; the FBI trainee fired for displaying a pride flag is suing the government; the Maine Human Rights Commission sues five schools over anti-trans policies; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 20 November 2025

Wednesday, November 19th, 2025 Today, the House has voted 427 to 1 to release the Epstein Files after the survivors held a press conference; a federal court has blocked Texas from using new congressional gerrymander in the 2026 midterms; an appeals court upholds tossing out Trump’s lawsuit against CNN; FEMA chief David Richardson resigned in disgrace; the Trump administration has deported Ukrainians despite fears of conscription; the White House intervened to help accused rapist and sex trafficker Andrew Tate; Trump hosts the murderer of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in the oval office; the district judge orders briefing on the Comey grand jury materials; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 19 November 2025

Tuesday, November 18th, 2025 Today, an ICE agent has been arrested for pulling a gun on teenager in Southern California; a judge issues a scathing ruling laying bare Lindsey Halligan’s misconduct in the Comey case; Emil Bove told top Justice Department officials to just sink boats in the Caribbean; an ex Justice Department prosecutor has been elected to serve as the Seattle city attorney; an appeals court has upheld the conviction of the men who murdered Ahmaud Arbery; thousands have registered for free child care in New Mexico; Trump says House Republicans should vote to release the Epstein Files; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 18 November 2025

Monday, November 17th, 2025 Today, Epstein survivors confirm that Trump killed a Biden-era investigation into the Epstein files; the Comey case is on thin ice as a judge demands missing grand jury tapes; Mike Flynn is in talks with Trump’s DOJ for a $50M settlement as the regime continues to loot the Treasury; the Trump administration is killing Biden’s cash payments for delayed and canceled flights; Ghislaine Maxwell emailed her lawyer from prison about a commutation; Indiana ignores pressure from Trump and refuses to redraw their maps; the Trump administration is lifting some tariffs because of high prices; a Judge indefinitely bars Trump from fining University of California over alleged discrimination; and Allison and Dana Deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025

Today, Trump killed a Biden investigation into the Epstein coconspirators, the criminal contempt proceedings against the DOJ are back on track, and over two hours of Halligan’s grand jury proceedings are missing. Check out the video here: https://youtu.be/49HUqKI6bAg

Transcribed - Published: 17 November 2025

Tuesday, November 14th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: ABC News gets a hold of videotapes of Sidney Powell’s and Jenna Ellis’ proffer sessions with the Fulton County DA; the Supreme Court adopts some ethics rules…kind of; the Secret Service opens fire on people attempting to break into a car outside Naomi Biden’s home; Trump allies are pre-screening loyalists for civil service; Tim Scott drops out of the presidential race; Democrats signal support for Speaker Johnson’s plan to avert a government shutdown; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 16 November 2025

Monday, November 11th, 2024 Montana state Democrats see legislative gains after redistricting; US retailers dependent on foreign goods are preparing to raise prices on American consumers; Trump allies and the private sector are quietly preparing for the mass deportation of immigrants; voters reject Initiative 2117 in Washington state; Elon Musk joined Donald Trump’s call with President Zelensky; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 15 November 2025

Transcribed - Published: 14 November 2025

Thursday, November 13th, 2025 Today, House Democrats have released a new trove of Epstein files from the Epstein estate and Republicans are panicking; Adelita Grijalva was sworn in and signed the discharge petition; Trump himself called Mace and Boebert to pressure them to take their names off the discharge petition for the Epstein Files; Blanche, Bondi, and Patel met with Lauren Boebert in the situation room Wednesday to discuss the Epstein problem; the House is trying to pass a standalone bill to repeal the provision allowing Senators to sue for $500K apiece; Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent used a Medicare tax dodge to save money; the Supreme Court Justices have extended Ketanji Brown Jackson’s SNAP benefits pause over her dissent; Democrats seek an investigation into propaganda blaming them for the shutdown; Trump defends the need for H1B visas saying there’s no talent in the United States; Kat Abughazaleh and her codefendants plead not guilty to the trumped up charges against them; and Allison Delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 13 November 2025

Wednesday, November 12th, 2025 Today, Fannie Mae watchdogs who were removed from their jobs had been probing if Trump appointee Bill Pulte had improperly obtained mortgage records of key Democratic officials; Republicans added a provision to the continuing resolution to allow the Republican Senators whose call logs were subpoenaed by Jack Smith to each collect $500K in taxpayer money; Greg Bovino and the CBP are packing up and leaving Chicago as the House returns to work; Hakeem Jeffries is whipping no votes in the House for the shutdown deal; Trump has asked the Supreme Court to overturn the E Jean Carroll verdict; a federal judge has struck down a Republican gerrymander and has reinstated the voter approved map; that Marion county Kansas newspaper that was raided by the police - They get a $3M settlement from the government; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 12 November 2025

Tuesday, November 11th, 2025 Today, 8 Democratic Senators voted yes to proceed on a government funding bill that doesn’t include an extension of Affordable Care Act subsidies; the Trump administration moves to lift the ban on Abrego Garcia’s removal so they can deport him to Liberia; the First Circuit Court of Appeals denies Trump’s stay to block the payment of SNAP benefits; two top executives at BBC have resigned over the misleading edit of a Trump speech; a whistleblower tells House Judiciary Dems that convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell is in the process of seeking a commutation from Donald Trump; the Supreme Court rejects Kim Davis’ long shot effort to overturn marriage equality; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 11 November 2025

Monday, November 10th, 2025 Today, House Democrats want to interview the Andrew formerly known as Prince about the Epstein Files; Elon Musk gets a one trillion dollar Tesla pay package; Trump pardons the former Tennessee House speaker and his aide; a judge issues a permanent injunction against the Department of Education for usurping furloughed employee email accounts; Todd Blanche declares war against the federal judiciary; a magistrate judge plans to visit the Broadview ICE facility amid a lawsuit over conditions there; Judge Ellis issues a preliminary injunction against Greg Bovino and federal agents in Chicago; another judge issues a permanent injunction against Hegseth’s deployment of the National Guard in Oregon; Senate Democrats box Republicans into voting no on funding the ACA; California Republicans sue over prop 50; the very red Aurora city council in Colorado flips blue; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2025

This week on the Breakdown, sources confirm what’s in the Epstein files is worse than previously known, plus court rulings barring the deployment of the National Guard and restricting ICE and CBP use of force.

Transcribed - Published: 10 November 2025

November 8th, 2023 In the Hot Notes: incredible results for Democrats in elections across several states this week; the Biden Campaign pens a memo to the media asserting disparity in polling coverage; Hinds County Mississippi precincts faced ballot shortages on election day; a suspect is in custody in connection with the murder of synagogue president Samantha Woll; a former CIA officer has pled guilty to sexual abuse charges; Biden wins his 150th federal judge appointment in the Senate; plus Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 9 November 2025

Friday, November 8th, 2024 Republicans admit they intend to implement Project 2025; Gavin Newsom calls a special session to protect liberal policies from the Trump Presidency; the Fed cut interest rates by another quarter percent; Republican Eric Hovde blames a third party candidate for his loss and refuses to concede; Wyoming moves ahead with selling land in the Grand Tetons to the federal government; and fish biologists collaborate to track the pioneering Klamath River salmon; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 8 November 2025

Friday, November 7th, 2025 Today, Sandwich Guy was unanimously acquitted by the jury in DC; Judge Ellis issued a preliminary injunction against ICE and CBP in Chicago finding the government’s version of events isn’t credible and that Bovino lied; the Border Patrol agent in Chicago who shot Marimar Martinez in Chicago is caught bragging about it in text messages; Nancy Pelosi announces her retirement from Congress; an appeals court gave Texas the go-ahead to enforce an anti-drag law; the Epstein Files are worse for Trump than previously known; the Supreme Court uses the emergency docket to allow Trump’s anti-trans passport policy to remain in effect during the pendency of litigation; a federal judge finds the Trump administration defied his court order and requires Trump to pay November SNAP benefits in full by close of business today; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 7 November 2025

Thursday, November 6th, 2025 Today, Democrats sweep elections nationwide sending a strong message to Trump and Republicans; Maryland Governor Wes Moore has set up a redistricting commission to redraw congressional maps; Kansas has decided against redistricting in favor of Republicans; Judge Ellis held her preliminary injunction hearing in Chicago that included questioning of Gregory Bovino; there was a hearing in the Comey case and it didn’t go well for the government; the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Trump tariff case; the sandwich guy jury is deliberating after closing arguments; and Allison and Dana deliver your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 6 November 2025

Tuesday, November 5th, 2025 Today, bomb threats rock New Jersey on election day as Trump whines about California mail ballots; FBI Director Kash Patel lashes out at the response to his use of a private jet to visit his girlfriend - and that he has a girlfriend; the Trump and Republican shutdown has threatened food, healthcare, and now heating; Trump’s Justice Department is withholding transcripts of Lindsey Halligan’s presentation to the grand jury in the Comey case; Feds say immigration enforcement might have to stop if judge intervenes at the Broadview facility in Chicago; local Colorado police are investigating a federal agent for excessive force; and Allison delivers your Good News.

Transcribed - Published: 5 November 2025